Declaring Argument Data Type

If an argument is listed in a Cicode function
declaration, the Argument Data Type Statement is required, and is
listed first before the required Argument Name Statement and the
optional Argument Initialisation Statement.

The argument data type of a function can be only
one of six possible data types: INT (32 bits), REAL (32 bits),
STRING (255 bytes), OBJECT (32 bits), QUALITY or TIMESTAMP (64
bits).

INT, REAL, STRING, OBJECT, QUALITY and TIMESTAMP
are Cicode keywords and as such, are reserved.

Note: In the following function syntax
example:
- Every placeholder shown inside arrow brackets ( <placeholder> ) should be replaced in any actual
code with the value of the item that it describes. The arrow
brackets and the word they contain should not be included in the
statement, and are shown here only for your information.
- Statements shown between square brackets ( [
] ) are optional. The square brackets should not be included in
the statement, and are shown here only for your information.

To declare the argument data type that will be
used in the function, you need to prefix the Argument Name
Statement with one of the Cicode data type keywords, in the
<ArgumentDataType> placeholder in the
following example.